[Balzac]

[Cacophanus]

Toll you are now officially my pimp. Does this mean I now have to build model kits for crack?
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[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[Cacophanus]

Well, it's a good rule to go by; if someone thinks they are more important than the subject they are covering then they are clearly a total knob cheese.

As for the Gundam/Macross transgression, I am assuming you gutted them in front of their family? I did that once, taught those little fuckers a lesson. Oh YES!

As for my sig. What can I say but I *heart* R-Type?

Anyway, now that your my pimp. Don't I have to stand on street corners or some shit?
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[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[Cacophanus]

Seen that before actually and CnC Darkside's stuff was pretty damn great really. My favourite overlooked R-Type is that of Delta though. It was an incredibly good shmup and had some of the most inventive level design since the 1987 original. The music was also wondrously composed and I spent ages tracking the OST, well worth it especially for the track of the final stage.

I even one lifed the game on Bydo difficulty. That scared me at the time, now it fills me with a dark sense of foreboding of the terrifying horrors yet to come.

-EDIT-

This is one of my favourite Dreamcast shmups (and I can't do Gluon, just can't)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbaA1qIx-C4



Would photos of my dick in various robot toys suffice?
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[parkbench]

[BenoitRen]

Grandia II still has one of the, if not the best, battle systems ever in a RPG. Ditto for the battle music.

[fundogmo]

[TapamN]

Maken X. It's cheap and by Atlus. It's a kind of like Shin Megami Tensei played as a beat 'em up in first person.
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Don't turn off your DC
ANTI-XXXX XX2 ASSOCIATION

[JamesE]

unwholesome sucking noises in this thead

[Leau]

Maken X! I remeber buying that for like $15 way back in the day. About a month later my roomate repossesed the game from my shelf and played it for like a month, and he had to get all the endings and characters and whot whot. I've played through it like 2 times myself, and 10 or more vicariously.

I've always had a soft spot for the Flogain Brothers (sp). It's kind of an adventure game. Kinda. And it takes place during the despression. Horribly short though. To the tune of 3-4 hours unless you get stuck.

Cannon Spike is very good too. But it's too tmepting to run through it with unlimited continues. Don't. It ruins the rhythm. Not that you can find it anymore or anything, but still.

I'd reccomend D2, but not if you're the kind of person who enjoys video games. Or... anything that's fun really...
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[NeoEsZ]

maken x is a good game, actually.

i actually like virtua fighter 3tb

[dmauro]

[Sklabah]

D2. I know there's some love around here for D2. It'll make your skin crawl, that "game".

Yes to Illbleed, and I'll go one deeper and suggest Illbleed's "proginator", Blue Stinger. Not a "great" game, but playable once you get the hang of what it wants you to do, and when you start getting enough money to buy the big guns and you start using them, it's a blast. Plus, I like the ending.
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Old man thread killer.

[Laurel Soup]

[Rud31]

HI Sklabah

[Toups]

Hi guys.

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Hi Ollie.

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[kiken]

[Rucio]

I had a lot of fun with Slave Zero. I is a giant robot game that makes you feel huge, but the city you are in also feels quite massive.

I hated Grandia 2 because it did not have the same feel of exploration of the first Grandia. Also, the first Grandia would have led so well into a direct sequal, and by making an "all new adventure!", it seems the easy way was taken out.

However, I love the battle system and Grandia 3, while crap compared to the first Grandia, is entertaining me to no end.
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"Thank you very much. Why do you like it?"
"It's better than a sharp stick in the eye."

[Rud31]

[Pijaibros]

I am posting to say I like Daytona on the DC. I've never played any other versions.

I've never come in above 4th place on any track and completely stink at the game in the arcade. I like the music, however. So I keep it around.

[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[lolipalooza]

Seconding Grandia 2 (even if the first Grandia is a way way better game, because I really really dig the battle system and the un-random encounters) and pretty much anything else.

I wrote a thread mainly about Maken X in IC, with some of my concerns with the game. It's a first person platformer/close combat game, a little too unforgiving in some parts, but satisfying once you become good at it. The camera was probably a problem to a lot of people, as the game was ported in third person to the PS2 under the name of Maken Shao.

I like difficult games as much as anyone, but this can be hard as MDK2 and there aren't savespots on the stages. Also, I recommend MDK2 (haven't played the PS2 version).[/url]

[slipstream]

Tokyo Xtreme Racer 2
Ferrari F355 challenge
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[itamae]

[NeoEsZ]

I beat Grandia 2. It goes batshit insane just like every other jrpg.

[dmauro]

[lolipalooza]

[Capt. Caveman]

[Rucio]

[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[lolipalooza]

[Rucio]

Touche! But that's when I stopped Grandia 2 and I could never really figure out what the hell was going on in the ending of Xenogears.
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"Say, that's a nice fez!"
"Thank you very much. Why do you like it?"
"It's better than a sharp stick in the eye."

[Talbain]

[Pijaibros]

[kiken]

[FortNinety]

[Pijaibros]

[lolipalooza]

[firenze]

OK. here's one for the obscure gem file... Industrial Spy: Operation Espionage (aka Espion-Age-Nts in Japan). I imagine many people won't "get" this game because it's so unique, but those people are all wrong.

Squad based strategy puzzles (each team member has different skills), the ability to do shit like steal paintings from art museums, stealth elements, an nice chapter based design... It's fucking brilliant. Like a squad based James Bond/Lupin III game. It has a pleasant and sterile Japanese look, interesting techno soundtrack. It's slow paced and methodical, but the game could only work as well as it does with that pacing. It's not a goddamn action stealth game, and people wanted some DC Metal Gear Solid clone.

It feels like a Taito game (it's not). Maybe some sort of 3D strategy version of Elevator Action Returns. It feels like something that would be right at home on DS today. People weren't ready for it.


Also, hey SAMBA DE AMIGO! Of course, the experience is a fraction of the fun without a good set of Maracas. I wanted them and had to hunt for them on the day of release. So yeah, expect to pay good money for official Sega ones (the HK knockoffs really aren't as good - I tried to get a 2P set and bleh)